Captain America: Civil War Writers Reflect On How MCU Has Evolved

 

Long before Stephen McFeely and Christopher Markus helped turn Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against one another, the screenwriting duo helped carve out an origins story for Marvel’s First Avenger in 2011’s Captain America..

First up, McFeely zeroed in on Marvel’s confidence, and how that has grown exponentially soon after the Avengers broke box office records left, right, and center back in 2012. He said “When we first started, they were maybe a more nervous studio. Any movie that bombed would really destroy them, so there were a lot of hands on deck on that first Captain America movie. And as we’ve gone along I think everyone trusts each other more, so that we bring a lot more to the table with every subsequent movie. I think it’s fair to say”.

As Phase Two became Three, there were some internal changeovers to factor into the mix, chief among them being the move that resulted in Marvel’s head honcho Kevin Feige reporting to Alan Horn instead of Marvel CEO, Ike Perlmutter. But at least on the ground level, that